# Sarishadighi Village, Kotulpur, Bankura (West Bengal)

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Village · Kotulpur, Bankura 

# Sarishadighi

Sarishadighi is a village in Kotulpur sub-district of Bankura district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,914 people in 631 households**, the 15th largest of 165 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 77.4%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 77.6%.

- 2,914people (2011)
- 631households
- 77.4%literacy
- 957females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Sarishadighi

Of every 100 households in Sarishadighi in 2011, 64 had electricity, 34 a toilet at home and 4 cooked with LPG; 49 had a mobile phone, 12 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Sarishadighi · ■ Kotulpur rural average

Electricity for lighting ****64%**

**65%

Toilet within the home ****34%**

**39%

No toilet (open defecation) ****65%**

**60%

Tap water ****16%**

**6%

Drinking water within premises ****18%**

**28%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****4%**

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****79%**

**81%

Use banking services ****50%**

**65%

Television ****30%**

**33%

Mobile phone ****49%**

**47%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****12%**

**12%

Car / jeep / van ****1%**

**1%

None of these assets ****11%**

**11%

Own their home ****98%**

**98%

Source: [Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14)](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## What is the population of Sarishadighi?

■ Sarishadighi · ■ Kotulpur rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****77.4%**

**77.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****957**

**957

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****918**

**969

Working population ****34.0%**

**41.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 84.3% for men and 70.3% for women. 60% of men and 7% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 296 (30%) · **■** Farm labourers 238 (24%) · **■** Household industry 6 (1%) · **■** Other work 299 (30%) · **■** Marginal 152 (15%)

Source: [Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Other villages of similar size in Kotulpur

- Khiri3,548 people
- Masinapur2,962 people
- Chatra Krishna Nagar2,955 people
- Salukgere2,944 people
- Hazra Pushkarini2,764 people
- Radhadamodar Pur2,572 people
- Nandagram2,435 people
- Sehas2,352 people

[All 169 villages in Kotulpur](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/bankura/kotulpur/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Sarishadighi?2,914 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Sarishadighi in?Bankura district (Kotulpur sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Sarishadighi?77.4% (Census 2011)